Metaphor and the Historical Evolution of Conceptual Mapping

Hardcover | November 15, 2011

This book investigates the historical evolution of figurative language within the framework of cognitive linguistics. It examines how and why metaphors evolve through the ages, and it discusses the role of culture, the patterns of metaphor evolution, and how many people use particular expressions.

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This book investigates the historical evolution of figurative language within the framework of cognitive linguistics. It examines how and why metaphors evolve through the ages, and it discusses the role of culture, the patterns of metaphor evolution, and how many people use particular expressions.

RICHARD TRIM is Senior Lecturer in English Historical Linguistics and Translation Studies at the University of Provence, France. He has published widely in these fields and has held lecturing posts in several European countries including Britain, Germany, Belgium, and Switzerland. He is the author of Metaphor Networks: The Comparative...

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List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsPART I: CONCEPTUALISATION IN THOUGHT AND LANGUAGEConceptualisation Processes and SymbolismThe Thought/Language InterfacePART II: DIACHRONIC CONCEPTUAL SYSTEMSDiachronic UniversalityDiachronic Conceptual VariationDiachronic Salience iIn Love AnalogiesSemantic Fields and Colour PART III: ANALOGY IN WAR RHETORICLong-Term Trends Time-Specific Analogies in War: The CrusadesCultural Change in Western War Analogies Since The Late Middle Ages PART IV: TOWARDS AN EVOLUTIONARY MODEL OF ANALOGICAL LANGUAGEDiachronic Mapping at the Conceptual/Linguistic InterfaceCultural History in the Evolution Of AnalogyReferencesIndex